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• n  a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes

• Gunpowder Plot

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• 'Gate' Opens To Bloody And Raucous 17th Century England
  Alan Cheuse reviews Jeanette Winterson's latest book, The Daylight Gate , set in 17th Century England. The novel is set seven years after the undoing of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, in which Catholic terrorists attempted to blow up the House of Parliament of the anti-Papist King James I.
  Oct. 30, 2013 - NPR